Brian De Palma is born in Newark, N.J. in 1940. The writer/director is famous for thrillers, and for paying homage...
The X-Files debuts on Fox in 1993. The iconic horror/sci-fi/thriller series about FBI agents investigating the supernatural — and a...
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho opens across the U.S. in 1960. Hitchcock’s most famous film was shocking and controversial on its release,...
Luigi Galvani is born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) in 1737. The doctor, scientist and philosopher is known for...
Dario Argento is born in Rome, Italy in 1940. The Italian filmmaker known as one of the pioneers of giallo...
Max Schreck is born in Berlin, Germany in 1879. The actor had a steady career on stage and in film,...
One of the dates often considered by historians as the beginning of France’s Reign of Terror in 1793. Though reason...
Dead of Night premieres in London in 1945. The British anthology horror movie includes five different tales and a framing...
Cat-Women Of The Moon opens across the U.S. in 1953. One of the string of 3-D films made during the...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame premieres in New York in 1923. The first film version of Victor Hugo’s novel is...